The happy life of a prodigal

How could such a powerful artifact be made so easily.

The performance at that time was just to stabilize the morale of the army.

He knows that Fang Xiu is not the type of person who likes to take credit, but this Heaven's Punishment is a new thing after all, it has not yet been formally put into mass production, and no one can know how much it can produce.

The numbers given by Shenjiying are at most nothing more than speculation.

"I dare not lie to Your Majesty!"

Fang Xiu showed a firm look on his face, and he said with certainty: "As long as the amount of saltpeter is sufficient, within a month, the Shenji Battalion will go all out to manufacture the new type of Heaven's Punishment, and at least [-] pieces can be produced.

If the improvement and research and development of the new type of Heaven's Punishment were stopped, it should be possible to produce a thousand pieces! "

After hearing this, Emperor Chu finally showed a gratified expression on his old face, and said, "Heavenly Punishment is the country's most important weapon, especially the new type of Heavenly Punishment. Improvement and research and development are related to the future of our Great Chu, and we must not stop.

If I remember correctly, your Shenji Battalion should have 1000 people now? "

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Emperor Chu nodded, and said: "I will give you another 1000 people, and before the matter on the grassland is over, we will do our best to produce Heaven's Punishment!"

"I... obey the order!"

............

When Fang Xiu came out of the palace, it was already dark.

The front is empty, only a carriage of Fangfu.

The coachman had already been waiting for a long time, and as soon as Fang Xiu got into the carriage, he drove to Fang's mansion.

In less than an hour, the carriage stopped in front of Fangfu's gate.

Fang Xiu got off the carriage, only to find that besides his own carriage, there was another carriage in front of the door, which was also luxuriously decorated and definitely not something that ordinary merchants could afford.

really......

Before he could stand still, a middle-aged man in a fancy dress came over.

Before he got close, he heard Bai Xiaochun asking behind him: "Who are you?"

Hearing this, the middle-aged man stood on the spot, stood upright, and saluted respectfully.

Then, he said in a very respectful tone: "The young one is the steward of Prince Kang's Mansion, and he has been waiting here for Xin'anbo for a long time."

The steward of King Kang's Mansion...

Fang Xiu looked at the middle-aged man and asked, "What is it?"

Kang Wang's mansion had just sent gold, silver and jewelry to him earlier, and at this time, he sent someone to guard in front of his mansion again, but he didn't know what was the reason.

Hearing Fang Xiu's voice, the middle-aged man showed a smile on his face, and said with a smile: "The younger one is here to send you an invitation to Xin Amber.

After a while, it will be my prince's birthday, and His Highness wants to invite you to his birthday banquet. "

birthday party.

According to common sense, King Kang should have hidden himself in the palace for such a big incident just now, trying not to attract the attention of others, and waited for the limelight of this wave of incidents to pass, before coming out again.

However, at this time, he suddenly wanted to hold a birthday party.

Fang Xiu had to be suspicious, and he invited himself specially, which made people suspect that he had some other purpose.

After thinking for a while, he still stretched out his hand to accept the invitation, and said, "I know, when the time comes, if I have time, I will definitely attend the banquet."

If you have time, you must go to the banquet...

When the guards of King Kang's Mansion heard this, they were slightly taken aback, and then a little anger appeared on their faces.

It is an honor for His Royal Highness King Kang to invite you to the birthday banquet. What do you mean by having time, you must attend the banquet.

Could it be that if you don't have time, you won't go to the banquet?

For a whole day, he sent an unknown number of invitations, and even several invitations from the Duke's Mansion were all sent by him.

Only this new Amber made him wait for more than an hour.

That's all, after all, I am just a servant of King Kang's mansion.

However, those words just now slapped his master, His Highness Kang Wang, in the face!

Notwithstanding.

But he knew in his heart that at present, the most popular person in the entire Chu country is this Xin'anbo, and it is also this Xin'anbo who is most valued by His Majesty.

Therefore, no matter how disrespectful this Xin'anbo is, as a servant of King Kang's mansion, he has no right to make irresponsible remarks.

Just for a moment, a smile appeared on his face again, and he said, "In that case, the little one will go back first..."

Fang Xiu nodded, looked at Bai Xiaochun beside him, and ordered: "Xiaochun, give me a gift..."

After a pause, he continued: "Give this one away."

When the steward heard this sentence, the corners of his mouth twitched involuntarily, wanting to curse.

In the end, I held back and said with a smile: "Don't bother the lord, the little one knows the way..."

"Ah."

Fang Xiu nodded, and without saying anything else, turned around and walked into King Kang's Mansion.

Seeing this scene, Bai Xiaochun also walked in.

For a while, there was only the steward of Kang Wang's mansion left in front of Fang's mansion.

He stood where he was, watched Fang Xiu's back disappear from his sight, spat hard, turned and walked into the carriage.

The carriage started and gradually disappeared into the night.

Fang Xiu walked into Fang's mansion, stopped suddenly, looked at Bai Xiaochun beside him, and asked, "What do you think King Kang means?"

Beside, Bai Xiaochun heard this, his face showed a thoughtful look, and then he replied: "I think, maybe Kang Wang is trying to win over you, young master?"

Speaking of this, he thought for a while and added: "After all, you, young master..."

Before he even opened his mouth, Fang Xiu knew what he wanted to say, waved his hand and said: "Come on, it's just a few words after repeating them, I will write them down."

Hearing this, Bai Xiaochun said with a smile: "The young master is indeed a Wenqu star descending from the sky, the little one knows what the little one wants to say before he even opens his mouth."

Fang Xiu turned his head and glanced at Bai Xiaocun, with a somewhat speechless expression on his face.

Fortunately, this guy is in Fangfu, otherwise, if he was sent to the palace, he must be another Wei Zhongxian, another Liu Jin.

Chapter 384 The Weird Person on the Official Road

No matter what, as long as the old emperor is still there, Kang Wang and Ning Wang are just Kang Wang and Ning Wang, and they are nothing in Fang Xiu's eyes.

After walking into the backyard, this matter was forgotten by him.

It was getting late, and at this moment, the entire Fang Mansion was completely silent.

Fang Xiu was lying on his bed, looking at the bright moonlight outside the window, but he couldn't help thinking about the words the old emperor said to him in the warm pavilion.

If there is no skin, how will the hair be attached...

It's not that he hasn't seen the people from the Begging Yan Department, and he also has a certain understanding, so he can understand how sharp the old emperor's words are.

At this time, he realized that when the old emperor got married, the old emperor made such a decision not because of his own words, but...he was planning to do so in the first place.

He had never seen the cavalry of the Qiyan tribe before.

However, even if you haven't seen the shadow of the tree and the name of a person, you know how powerful their fighting power must be to be called natural fighters.

As for myself...

As the former Habayashi Guard Zuo Zhonglang, no one knows better than him.

Even the Youba Linwei, known as the elite of the elite, in his eyes, is actually that way, and there is nothing particularly outstanding about it.

Moreover, after getting acquainted with Liang Hu, he realized one thing, that is, the actual combat effectiveness of these so-called elite pro-military forces may not be as good as the veterans of any random guard in the frontier.

After all, the pro-army needs to guarantee absolute loyalty, so the recruited soldiers are all the children of the Gyeonggi region, and the military officers above the school lieutenant are all nobles of the court.

How strong is such a 'delicate' soldier, no matter how trained he is?

Therefore, the real combat strength of Chu State is still those nine important towns.

However, as far as he knew, in the past hundred years, the five important towns in the four northern states had been defeated by the prairie people more than once.

Even with the Heaven's Punishment now, Fang Xiu has no guarantee that he can stop the Begging Yan Department.

Especially in the case of internal and external troubles.

You must know that the Central Plains has just suffered a famine. If this problem is not resolved, once the Chu State and the Qiyan Department start a war, it will become a breakthrough point for the other party.

After all, the key to victory is not just whose soldiers are more elite and have more numbers, but the most important thing is logistical supplies.

No matter how elite soldiers are, if they don't have money, food, weapons and armor, they are not much different from ordinary people.

Fang Xiu thought of this, looked at the distant moon, and couldn't help thinking of Qian Zheng who had left Fang's residence for half a month.

I don't know if he has reached Jiangnan now, but the few remaining sweet potato seedlings are still alive...

............

Jiangnan, Suzhou.

Gusu City is the most prosperous and affluent city in the two provinces in the south of the Yangtze River, and even in the entire Chu Kingdom.

Even, it is more prosperous than the capital.

After all, this is a land of fish and rice, and if you sprinkle anything on the ground, it will grow well.

Moreover, several freshwater lakes in Chu State are all near here, and the products are extremely rich.

In addition, the geographical location is also excellent. It is the only place to pass through the four regions of the southeast, southwest, central plains and Gyeonggi, and there are endless businessmen coming and going.

Both water and land transportation are extremely developed.

There are official roads built by the government everywhere, the terrain is flat, and it is extremely smooth to walk, and there are officers and soldiers patrolling from time to time to ensure that the businessmen and people who come and go are not disturbed by those robbers.

At this moment, the sky is just dawning.

A few 'strange' people appeared on the official path.

They are strange not because they are expensively dressed, nor because they are extraordinary.

On the contrary, the clothes on these people were all incomparably shabby, and the word ragged was not an exaggeration to describe a beggar.

As for the temperament, not to mention, all of them are ashamed, as if they don't know how many winds and frosts they have experienced.

If that's all, it's nothing more than a beggar.

The occupation of beggars will always exist even in rich places.

Although there are not many beggars in Jiangnan, they are not uncommon. They have even formed a tacit understanding and formed an organization called the Beggars' Gang.

That's the problem, the so-called 'strange' is that they are not beggars.

Generally speaking, every profession has necessary tools, for example, those who sing opera must have some props for singing, and those who are jugglers must also have props for juggling.

The beggar's tool was, no doubt, a battered bowl.

But these people are holding a few pots of weeds in their hands...

That's right, these beggar-like people were holding pots of weeds instead of begging bowls.

Ragged, walking in groups, holding weeds in their hands.

Wherever this look goes, it attracts the attention of countless people.

That is, in the early morning, there were not many people on the official road, so not so many people stopped to make fun of them.

Even so, some passers-by stopped and looked at them with monkey-like expressions, as if they were looking at something interesting.

And these people, to be precise... five people.

It seems that this kind of gaze is no surprise.

Their faces did not have the expected humiliation, nor did they have the pitiful look that beggars always have.

They didn't have any expressions, they just seemed to be numb, moving forward step by step on the official road.

At this time, on the official road, a carriage was speeding fast, and the dust splashed could be seen from far away.

However, these five people probably didn't notice the movement behind them because they hadn't eaten or drank water for too long.